American Standard Version of 1901
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I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,By the roes, or by the hinds of the field,That ye stir not up, nor awake my love,Until {Or, it Or, she}he please.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,By the roes, or by the hinds of the field,That ye stir not up, nor awake my love,Until {Or, it Or, she}he please.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, {Hebrew: Why should ye stir up? or why &c.}That ye stir not up, nor awake my love,Until {Or, it Or, she}he please.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh,Leaping upon the mountains,Skipping upon the hills.
By night on my bedI sought him whom my soul loveth:I sought him, but I found him not.
I said, I will rise now, and go about the city;In the streets and in the broad waysI will seek him whom my soul loveth:I sought him, but I found him not.
The watchmen that go about the city found me;To whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
It was but a little that I passed from them,When I found him whom my soul loveth:I held him, and would not let him go,Until I had brought him into my mother's house,And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,By the roes, or by the hinds of the field,That ye stir not up, nor awake my love,Until {Or, it Or, she}he please.
Who is this that cometh up from the wildernessLike pillars of smoke,Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,With all powders of the merchant?
Behold, it is the litter of Solomon;Threescore mighty men are about it,Of the mighty men of Israel.
They all handle the sword, and are expert in war:Every man hath his sword upon his thigh,Because of fear in the night.
King Solomon made himself a {Or, ear of state}palanquinOf the wood of Lebanon.
He made the pillars thereof of silver,The bottom thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple,The midst thereof being {Or, inlaid}paved with love,From the daughters of Jerusalem.
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon,With the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned himIn the day of his espousals,And in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon,With the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned himIn the day of his espousals,And in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness,Leaning upon her beloved?Under the apple-tree I awakened thee:There thy mother was in travail with thee,There was she in travail {Or, and}that brought thee forth.